“Mammoth Dome is an awesome room,” said ... The new tower provides an amazing view of the cave. It will ‘wow’ our visitors. The larger staircase was designed with safety in mind, too.

One visitor said Bishop was “almost as widely known as the cave itself.” Like a bygone era’s Indiana Jones, Bishop discovered new subterranean portals—including Mammoth Dome and the Ruins ...

There, Materson Bransford, another slave named Stephen Bishop and others helped map the cave. They discovered many of the sections we visited on the Historic Tour, including the Mammoth Dome ...

At that time, slaves often served as guides.One of those guides, Stephen Bishop, discovered an underground river and a mammoth dome within the cave.He called the cave a “grand, gloomy and ...

Suit tester Daniel Foeger and cliffbot are seen here in the Tristan dome. The Aouda.X spacesuit tests were part of a 5-day Mars mission analog field test performed at Mammoth Cave in the Giant Ice ...

this spooky cavern offers rappel tours into the abyss and then guests have to exit through a wrought iron staircase. You’ll want to watch your step, because it’s a long way down. Mammoth Cave ...